Abdomen-compress.



T. P.' TAYLOR.

ABDOMEN GOMPRESS.

APPLICATION PILEDTEB. 25, 1909. 921 ,026.

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ABDOMBN GOMPRESS. APPLICATION FILED PEB. 25g-1909.

Patented May 11, 1909.

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. Patented May 11, 1909.

Application filed February 25, 1909. SeralvNo. 480,023.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, THOMAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen `of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Abdomen- Compresses; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, such as will enab e others skilled in thev art to which it appertains to make and use the same.v

My invention relates to certain improvements in abdomenl compresses, and has for its object to provide a device of this description which may be secured in position around the waist of the wearer without any connection whatsoever with the corset itself, and which will closely conform to thel sides and lower portion of the abdomen when strain from the hose supporters or other tension devices is applied, and with these' ends in view my invention consists in the detailsV of arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and then particularly pointed out in the claimswhich conclude this description. i

In the accompanying drawing` Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrating the preferred style of my improvement, and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, are front elevations, all showing modied forms of my improvement.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawing.

My invention comprises a plurality of thin stiH resilient hinged sections disposed in aA general V-shape, these sections being preferably made of metal which is suitably covered, preferably by a fabric, the extremities of the upper sections being provided with means for securing the structure around the waist of the wearer, while fromfthe lower part of said structure depend hose supporters or any other suitable tension tapes, such as perineal straps. n

Referring to Fig. 1, 1 and 2 are thin sti resilient sections which I prefer to make of metal and which are hinged together at the lower extremities by an eyelet 6, these sections being disposed in a general V-shape, as shown, and covered in each. instance by any suitable fabric 3, 4. 5, 4are hose sup orters or other suitable tension tapes which depend from each of these covered sections, and 7 is a waist strap and 8 a buckle carried by the upper extremities of these sections.

ystrips 23, 24, having secured thereto In applying my improvement for use, the waist strap 7 is passed around the waist of the wearer, and secured to the buckle 8, and the tapes 5 secured in any suitable manner. These tension straps 5 will keep the structure down so that its lower portion will lie immediately in front of the lower central portion of the hypogastric region of the abdomen, and if the abdomen or the parts of the body adjacent thereto are abnormally developed the hinged sections will adjust themselves independent of each other to the person of the wearer, so as to closely conform thereto, and there will be no improper wrenching of the structure as a whole, and the lower part of such structure will exert a proper and constant pressure against the lower part of the abdomen.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, I have illustrated my improvement as composed of three sections hinged together, namely, a lower strip 9, preferably of metal, enveloped bya suitable covering 10, and side strips 11, 12, enveloped by suitable coverings 13, 14, these covered side strips being hinged to the lowermost strip by means of eyelets 15, 16.

In the construction shown at Fig. 2 the tension straps 5 all depend from the lowermost strip, while in Fig. 3 the two middle tension straps 5 depend from the lowermost strip while the remaining tension straps depend from the side strips.

In Figs. 4 and 5, I have illustrated my improvement as composed of four hinged sections the lowermost portion of the general V- shaped structure being com osed of .two strips 18, 19, preferably of meta and covered by a suitable fabric 20, 21, `hinged together at'the bottom by means of the eyelet 22, while the side strips 23, 24, preferably of metal, and enveloped by any suitable covering 25, 26, are hinged respectively to the covered strips 18 19, by means of eyelets 27, 28, the upper extremities of these coverpd tie waistband 7 and buckle 8.

In the construction shown at Fig. 4 the hose sup orter or other suitable tension tapes 5 depen from each one of the covered strips 18, 19, 23, and 24, while in the construction shown at Fig. 5 two. of these tension tapes lde end from each of the covered strips 18, 19.

't will be obvious that the number of hinged resilientv sections of which my improved .structure is composed is immaterial,

and it will be likewise clear that one or more tension straps can depend from each section, if desired, the gist of my improvement resting in the broad idea of an abdomen compress composed of a plurality of hinged or pivoted resilient strips with suitable tension straps depending therefrom.

Having thus described my invention what T claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z` l. An abdomen compress comprising a plurality of thin stiff resilient hinged sections disposed in a general V-shape, the extremities of the upper sections being provided with means for securing the structure around the waist of the wearer, and tension tapes de- E pending from the lower part of said structure.

2. An abdomen compress comprising thin stili" resilient hinged sections covered by a Suitable fabric and disposed in a general V- shape, the extremities of the upper sections being provided with means for securing the structure around the waist of the wearer, and tension tapes depending from the lower part of each of said covered hinged sections.

In testimony whereoil I ailix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS P. TAYLOR.

Witnesses F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN. 

